Improvement in combined hay-rack and wagon-box



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F. G, MCCLELLAN.

I Ha).l Rack.

Patented April 19, 1870.

fNo.' 102,023.

N. PEYERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAPNER. wAsmNGToH, D c.

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Hal Rack.

Patented April 19, 1870.

L-mf V e/WW i a. mHrmE Hfdu u La c NAPETERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

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F. G. MCCLELLAN.

Hay Rack.

Patented April 19,` 1870;

'itinited gisten @anni @titille Letters Patent No. 102,023, dated April 19, T870.

IMPROVEMENT IN C'OMBINED HAY-RACK AND WAGODLBOX.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part. of the same.

To all whom it may concern Nature and Objects of thc Invention.

My invention relates to the construction and arrangement of the parts of a combined hay-rack and wagon` box, the object being to produce a hay-rack and wagonbox in combination, of such construction that it can be easily and quickly placed upon the running-gear of a wagon by a single person, needs but few bolts, nails,

or pins, is portable, and can be used at pleasure, by slightly rearranging the parts, either as a hay-rack or as a wagon-box.

Description of th Drawings.

Figurel 'is a top view of the combined hay-rack and wagon-box in the-first posit-ion.

Figure 2 is a side view in the first position.

Figure 3 is an end view of the same.

Figure 4 is a transverse section, showing from the line :c x in fig. 1 to the rear of the box.

Figure 5 is a top view of the combined hay-rack and wagon-box in the second position.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal section of the saine.

Figure 7 is a longitudinal section of the sills and of the rollers in the sills, and a top view of the crosspieces in the sills.

Figure 8 is a side view of one of the sills, showing the mortises on the inside.

Figure 9 is 'a side view of a cross-piece, showing the tenons that enter the mortises in the sills.

Figure 10 is a view, with transverse section attached, of one of the pieces that form a part of the side of the box.

Figure 11 is a view, with transverse section attached, of a shorter piece used for the same purpose as fig. 10.

Figures 12 and 13 are views with transverse sections attached, of pieces used for the same purpose that gs. 10 and 11 -are used, differing only in having the upper edges beveled.

Figures 14 and 15, are views, with transverse sections attached, of pieces, having the inner edges beveled on the upper'side, used to form a portion of the bottom of the box.

Figure 16 is a view of the side and ofthe edge of `one of the inclined braces, having a vertical and a horivzoutal gain on each side, and atenon at the lowerend.

Figure 17 is a view of one of the pieces used at each end, to form a portion of the bottom of the box,

` when theinvention is in the first position.

Figure 20 is an exterior view of au end gate of the box, v y

Figure 21 is an interior view of the same.

Figure 22 is a view of one of the side boards of the box.

Figure 23 is a view of the bottoni board used in the first position.

Figure 24 is a view of the bottom board used in the second position.

Figure 25 is a view of the bolster and stakes.

Figures 26 and 27 are views of the devices used to hold the spring-pole in place upon the hay.

General Description.

The sills a have mortises li on the inside, into which the tenons of the cross-pieces c are fitted; the tenons at one end of the cross-pieces c are longer than those at the other; the mortises b are twice the width of the tenons on the cross-pieces c, but are saine thickness; the inner half of each inortise in ,one of the sills is deeper, just the length of the short tenons of the cross-pieces c, than the outer half of the same niortise the depth of the mortises in the other sill are the length of the short tenons; the long tenons are twice the length of the short ones. A part of the hinge d is let into the end of the sill a. as far as the eye of the hinge, and fastened by the pin e the other part of the hinge Z isfastened to the end gates f and g.

Rabbets h are cut in the inner upper edges of the sillsa at their ends to receive the bot-tom pieces 'i the sills 4a have slots j, to receive the ends of the rollers k the roller, having two mortises in it, is placed at the front of the wagon. The mortisesl in the crosspieces c receive the. tenons of the bra-cesmthe braces an are provided on each side with a vert-ical and ahorizontal gain. lhc horizontol gain receives the ends of the bottom pieces n the" vertical gains receive the ends of the side pieces o. lhe endbraces in. are provided with holes j), to receive the pins q in the end of the side pieces r,

The side pieces fr are provided with holes s, for the reception of the ends or pivots of the rollers t; the rollers t are longer than the rollers L. rlhe side pieces o are six in number, three for each side ofthe box; one of the pieces, in the' dra-win g, is represented longer than than the other two, and is placed between them. rlhe side pieces o and lr are shown with their upper edges straight, and also beveled on the inside; the object of beveling the edges is to allow the side boards In to lap over them, and to prevent them from working up and down in the vertical gains in the braces m.

lhe bottom board c is used, when the invention is in the first position the bottom board fw is used when the invention is in the second position. The rack-bar y and ladder c are mortised into the rollers t and fastened by pins, so that they can be removed at pleasure they are used in the rollers tin the rst position, and transferred to the rollers k in the second position.

The side boards u have the notches ai', to receive the. standards or stakes, and have the iron straps c', which enter holes in the upper corners ot' the end gates fand y. Four bolts are fastened by chains to the outside ote'ach ofthe end-gates fand g, two oi' the bolts pass through eyes in the points ot' the iron straps c', and two through eyes in the points of the bolts in the hinges d. The ond gates fand 1/ have the cleats il on the inside. The end-gate g is used at the front of the box, and has a recess, e', Vcut in the lower edge, to rcceive the projection on the bottom piece `i used inthe first position, and through which the rounded end of the bottom boar d w used in the second position, protrudes as far as the shoulder a will permit.

The end-gate f, used at the rear of the box, has a rabbet cut in the lower edge ou the inside, to receive the projection ot' the bottom piece z used in the rst position, and also the end of the bottom board u' iu the second position. lhe bottom pieces ny have their inner edges beveled on the upper side; the bottom board v has its edges beveled on the under side, and its ends beveled on the upper side the bot-tom pieces 'i have beveled recesses in their inner edges on their under side-s, which receive the beveled ends of the bottom board c'. rlhe bottom board yu' has the edges beveled ou the under side and curved just back of the shoulders n', to allow the foot ofthe ladder to enter the mortises iu the front roller c. 1t also has the opening s', to admit ot' inserting the rack-bar y into the mortise in rear roller 7.'.

Arrangement of i710 Parts'.

Place the sills anpon the bolsters, insert the long tenons ofthe cross-pieces c into the deeper halt of the niortises b in one sill, a, and the short terroirs int-o the mortiscs b iu the other sill, then push the cross-pieces c from the inner half to the outer half of the mortises b, put the ends of the rollers 7e into the slotsj, and push them toward the ends 4of the sillls;set the inclined bracesm in the mortises liu the cross-pieces c, placing the braces in, having the holes p in the vertical gains, into the cud cross pieces c, slide the bottom pieces n into the horizontal gains in the braces in; next put the bottom board y1f in pla-ce upon the crosspieces c, slide the bottom pieces Ii into the rabbets h at the ends of the sills a` slide the side pieces o into the vertical gains in the braces m; place the side boards u upon the braces in, letting the stakes enter the notches a; place the end-gate q on at the trout ot' the box; put the two lower bolts on the end gates,

into the eyes iu the point of the hinge-bolt; put the end gate fon 'at the rear of the box; insert the pins j of the side pieces r into theholes p in the Vertical `gains in the braces on insert the ends ofthe rollers t into the holes .sin the side pieces r close the eudgates fand y, letting:r the points otl the iron straps c' pass through the holes in the upper corners of the end gates; insert the two upper bolts .on each end gate into the eyes in the points ofthe iron straps c;

place the rackbar y and ladder z into the mortisesv into thc rollers t, and pin them, andV the invention is in the first position.

emove the rollers t, rack-bar y, and ladderz, and the wagon-box is produced by itself. temove the bottom pieces i and bottom board zsubstitute the bottom board u, and place the rack-bar y and ladder s in the mortises in the rollers 7.', and the invention is in the second position. y

In order to place the bottom board w in position, close the end gate g, push the rounded cud of the bottom board w through the recess e iu the end gate g as far as the shoulder il' willpermitI it to go, then close the end gatef. The rounded end of the bottom board 1r, which projects from the ti'ont of the box, serves as'a step to enable the driver to climb upon the ,load ot' hay.

Claims.

lv claim as my inventionl. The combination ofthe sills a, cross-pieces c, rollers t with rack-bar y and ladder braces m, bottom pieces i and n, side pieces o and r, bottom boards r, side boards u, and end gatesf and y, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore specilied.

2. The combination of the sills a, cross-pieces c, rollers 7; with rack-bar y and ladder braces nl, bottom pieces vn, side pieces o and yr, bottom board 1L', side boards u, and end gatesj'aud y, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbetbre specified.

3. The combination otl the sills 1, crosspieees C, braces m, bottom board z', bottom pieces and n, side pieces u and r, side boards u, and end gates fand y, substantially as and for -the purposes hereinhefore specitied.

In testimony that I claim the tbregoing combined hay-rack and wagon-box, as above described, l have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20th day ot' January, 1870.

l". G. MCCLELLAN.

Witnesses HUGH R. Srocinrax, H. PARKER. 

